About Me

I am a Christian, husband, son, brother, uncle, dog owner, armchair theologian, music teacher, recovering Baptist, and a church musician. I'm married to a wonderful, beautiful and unique woman. My dog's name is Ellie and she's very cute. And I love baseball.
I am also learning all over again to love life, seek truth, reflect the Creator.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

I am not a history buff, but I do enjoy reading biographies from time to time.

I don't know where to begin with this one.

It is entirely readable, but completely forgettable. It was an easy read, but at the same time, I couldn't make myself pick it up. Alfred is a completely legitimate figure to study, but you wouldn't understand it from this book.

I know I'm not being clear, but, to be honest, I'm not entirely clear what the purpose and point of this book is to begin with, other than possibly to offer a simplistic and remedial account of history. There are bits and pieces that are interesting, but are squelched by prose that marches along at a turtle pace.

I want to like this book. Really. Mostly because I want to like every book I read in some way. So I looked for a reason. Ultimately, I found none.